High Barbaree - NOT AVAILABLE

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A September 1944 Hollywood Reporter news item noted that M-G-M paid a $40,000 advance for the screen rights to Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall's novel and agreed to make additional payments based on the book's sales. A June 1946 Hollywood Reporter news item reported that Charles Schoenbaum briefly took over for cameraman Sidney Wagner when Wagner fell ill. According to a November 1946 Hollywood Reporter news item, a new ending for the picture was shot after a preview screening audience reacted negatively to seeing Van Johnson's character in heaven. Location filming took place in King City, Arcadia and San Diego, CA.